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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: USN-3747-2 Critical: OpenJDK 10 Regression Issue

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Calendar Grey September 12, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The OpenJDK 10 regression affects Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, necessitating updates to address accessibility issues stemming from previous modifications.
USN-3747-1 introduced a regression in OpenJDK 10.

Summary

USN-3747-1 introduced a regression in OpenJDK 10.

Software Description:

- openjdk-lts: Open Source Java implementation

Details:

USN-3747-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 10 for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression around accessability

support that prevented some Java applications from starting.

This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that OpenJDK did not properly validate types in some

situations. An attacker could use this to construct a Java class that could

possibly bypass sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2018-2825, CVE-2018-2826)

It was discovered that the PatternSyntaxException class in OpenJDK did not

properly validate arguments passed to it. An attacker could use this to

potentially construct a class that caused a denial of service (excessive

memory consumption). (CVE-2018-2952)

Daniel Bleichenbacher discovered a vulnerability in the Galois/Counter Mode

(GCM) ...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  openjdk-11-jdk                  10.0.2+13-1ubuntu0.18.04.2
  openjdk-11-jdk-headless         10.0.2+13-1ubuntu0.18.04.2
  openjdk-11-jre                  10.0.2+13-1ubuntu0.18.04.2
  openjdk-11-jre-headless         10.0.2+13-1ubuntu0.18.04.2
  openjdk-11-jre-zero             10.0.2+13-1ubuntu0.18.04.2

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart any Java
applications or applets to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3747-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3747-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-lts/+bug/1788250

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-lts/10.0.2+13-1ubuntu0.18.04.2

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